Happy 10 Year Anniversary Studio Technique!

It has been 10 years since I officially started a training studio for professional artists in the feature film, VFX, and video game industries, working with artists from Pixar, Disney, Sony, Dreamworks, ILM, Lucasfilm, EA, Ubisoft and many many other incredible studios!

To the studios out there - Thank you for choosing me to work with your talent and productions. To the artists - thank you for working so passionately through my courses and workshops. To the academies and colleges - thank you for integrating my book, Movement & Form, into your programs. Thank you everyone who has supported me along this journey! 

Happy 10 Year Anniversary Studio Technique! Here's to even more great things to come! 🥂

Foodsmith

This was a really fun commission to do for Jonathan Randell Smith.  He's an amazing chef, food writer and critic. Please check him out! https://jonsmith.ca

Young Tarzan

Young Tarzan sketch for a friend! It’s been a long time since I drew this character. Young Tarzan is the first character team I had the opportunity to work on at Disney as an animator, and prior to that, while studying animation, I was always inspired by John Ripa’s work in the original film. Tarzan was such a joy to work on as an animator, so much physical and action oriented animation while also being a beautiful and subtle character.

Continuing my series of poster art inspired by psychedelic poster designs, here is my version for Han Solo, this time with a James Bond twist! (It’s not my favourite of my series… might have to keep working on it.) But I thought I’d share it since the film just hit theaters this weekend!

Van Houtte presents Making Life a Masterpiece

I am so happy to be a part of this series! The commercial has recently been released, and I've been excited to share it with everyone!

May the 4th

May the Fourth be with You! Happy Star Wars Day! Was inspired by psychedelic poster art that I’ve seen in a few different exhibits this year. I thought I’d have fun with creating posters of iconic characters! I’ll share more soon!

Art vs Artist

A bit late to post this on blogspot! This is my compilation for the #ArtVsArtist movement.

Rendering Test

Work in progress…Wanted to try a sketch to test out some new brushes and rendering styles….Haven’t decided how I feel about them yet!

Adam Duff's Artist List

Adam Duff is an amazing artist, teacher and influence in the Montreal industry. Such an honour to be included in his recommended list! He discusses me at the 4:05 mark.

Thank you Adam Duff for the shout out!

Happy World Book Day!

#throwbackthursday #tbt Trying to salvage some more #disney stuff to share. I really need to organize my files better! Here’s another rough #animation scene of #youngtarzan and it’s final cleaned up scene. For some reason the pencil test I had was missing some frames at the start (sorry!) so I tried to match it up with the final version so the whole scene is viewable. Hope it’s still ok! #disneyanimation #disneyanimator #2d #2danimation #characteranimation #roughanimation #penciltest #handdrawn #handdrawnanimation #drawing #traditionalanimation #tarzan #samanthayoussef #samanthasketches #artisticprocess

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Gesture Drawing

Gesture drawing from a collaborated session with Toons on Tap.

Animation Test

Rough animation key frame from a test I’m working on.

Tarzan rough animation

#throwbackthursday ! Been finding old #artwork and #animation from my early days as an #animator at #disney! One of my first scenes as an animator. So long ago! This scene had a 15 foot panning background. I remember sitting there with it spread out in the hallway trying to recalculate the pegs so that I could animate this as a cycle and not across the 15 feet as it was originally laid out. #predigital #oldschool #tarzan #roughanimation #handdrawn #disneydays ! #2d #2danimation #samanthayoussef #samanthasketches #drawing #disneyanimator #disneyanimators #disneyanimation #youngtarzan #tarzan #littletarzan #sonofman #philcollins @officialphilcollins

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Academic Study

Since I’ve been sifting through some archives I thought I’d share some old academic studies of facial features I had done a couple years ago.

Pris

My scribble of Pris from the original Bladerunner movie. Was watching Bladerunner on the plane from London, and sketching on the back of the inflight menu since my sketchbook was out of reach due to meal tray obstruction!

Inspirational Series

Sneak preview of a project with @kbsmontreal and @vanhouttecoffee that I had a wonderful privilege to participate in! So excited to be part of this inspiring work! I can’t wait to see the final result and share it! Thank you Sarah @hoidz for the opportunity! #behindthescenes #comingsoon #artistinterview

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Early scenes on Tarzan II at Disney

http://samanthasketches.tumblr.com/post/170905333805/this-was-one-of-my-first-scenes-as-a-professional

Faline

http://samanthasketches.tumblr.com/post/170840495420/found-an-old-bambi-2-scene-that-i-animated-at

The Boxer

Some 1-3 minute pen & ink sketches from a costumed model drawing session.

Day Dreaming

Needed a break from work! Quick colour sketch inspired by café drawing.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday! Thought I’d share a Kenai maquette I made back in the day for our animation team at Disney on Brother Bear 2.

Studio Time

Three minute gesture drawing. Always fun to draw in an atelier! Derwent Drawing Pencils on newsprint paper.

Anthropomorphic Ocelot

I took a moment away from working on the second volume of my Drawing Syllabus (Volume 2 focuses on anatomy), to do an anthropomorphic sketch.  I thought I'd share an image that provides some insight into my process, and the value of how anatomy translates to the final render.

 

From Ballet to Animation with Samantha Youssef

Thank you Brandon Cullum for a really fun conversation!

Social Season

The social season is happening now that spring is in the air. Inspired by a friend!

30 Second Gesture

A quick 30 second gesture. Derwent Drawing Pencils on Newsprint.

Scabbers

Catching up with the Harry Potter Design Challenge! Here’s my version of Scabbers.

Babushka

Thought I'd try playing around with something a little more cartoony and graphic!

Muscular Deformation Demo

http://samanthasketches.tumblr.com/post/159123203695/this-was-a-quick-demo-i-did-for-a-masterclass-i

Faerie Queen

Since faerie folk are the ultimate mischief makers, I thought it was fitting for April 1!

At the National Portrait Gallery

Going through pads of paper and thought I'd share this two minute academic study that I did at a life drawing session at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The theater is lovely, though it's not an ideal set up to draw in unless you draw on a small surface, as seating is quite packed. But it's a nice experience and the gallery is always worth a visit!

Character Design References Interview

This was a really fun interview I was given the opportunity to do for Character Design References! They ask great questions, I really enjoyed sharing insight into my journey and process.

https://characterdesignreferences.com/blog-interviews-4/samantha-youssef

iPad Doodle

http://samanthasketches.tumblr.com/post/158851908195/quick-doodle-on-the-ipad-with-procreate-im-not

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